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florida will lose jobs and our economy will suffer. but this will impact all americans because if florida isn't growing oranges, you won't be putting orange juice on your table. if we want to have a safe and abundant food supply, we need to pass the farm bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute. the chair: without objection. ms. herrera beutler: i rise today to bring attention to the dredging of our nation's small ports. my tical issue and in district and this is a jobs issue in my region and for those long waterways throughout our nation. the issue is this, ports are lifelines across the river and pacific coast in my district and they are being choked off by lack of maintainance to dredging. one of my local newspapers commented if a farmer was unable to ship his wheat because a road became impassable, the federal government would rightly fix this issue immediately. it is no different for the dire circumstances facing our nation's navigabl
florida will lose jobs and our economy will suffer. but this will impact all americans because if florida isn't growing oranges, you won't be putting orange juice on your table. if we want to have a safe and abundant food supply, we need to pass the farm bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute. the chair: without objection. ms. herrera beutler: i rise today to bring attention to the dredging...
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i think we are in a tough economy at the moment. unemployment is at 7.5%, people have watched their wages go down and their incomes are not increasing. people today using food stamps thought they would never have to use a program to allow them to help to feed their families. we can take a look at restructuring but i do not believe the benefit level should be dropped. caller: thank you for taking my call, let me get the straight. you want to raise our health care, you want to make more money for healthcare and you want to give a program -- that we should trust you, that we should believe that you will restructure it. you know people are taking advantage of this program. host: are you talking about food stamps? caller: yes. when you think this money is coming from? guest: thank you for calling, i appreciate the call. i disagree with your premise. lately, you are saying that with the affordable care act we are moving into the invitation of the program, but already you are looking at places like california, vermont, oregon, and other st
i think we are in a tough economy at the moment. unemployment is at 7.5%, people have watched their wages go down and their incomes are not increasing. people today using food stamps thought they would never have to use a program to allow them to help to feed their families. we can take a look at restructuring but i do not believe the benefit level should be dropped. caller: thank you for taking my call, let me get the straight. you want to raise our health care, you want to make more money for...
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it will grow our experts and economy. it also will protect families and farmers. families are already having enough trouble making ends meet. mr. gibbs: this amendment will help bring down prices for our constituents by providing more opportunity to dairy farmers. it will save taxpayers dollars. this amendment saves taxpayers another $15 million on top of the savings in the underlying bill. every penny counts. this amendment will create a better and more market driven policy for our farmers. supply management is not the way to go. i support the amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from minnesota has two minutes remaining. mr. peterson: i yield myself the balance of the time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. peterson: hasegawa been said, we have been working on this for four years. clearly the current policy doesn't work because we got all this volatility. if you adopt this goodlatte-scott amendment, you will continue to have that volatility. those people concerned about the price of milk, w
it will grow our experts and economy. it also will protect families and farmers. families are already having enough trouble making ends meet. mr. gibbs: this amendment will help bring down prices for our constituents by providing more opportunity to dairy farmers. it will save taxpayers dollars. this amendment saves taxpayers another $15 million on top of the savings in the underlying bill. every penny counts. this amendment will create a better and more market driven policy for our farmers....
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we want to have an economy that is growing. where people if they are willing o work hard able to succeed. and can find jobs that pay a minimum wage. and can retire with some dignity. and can send children to good schools. and have health care that is affordable. and we have to do all those hings so that we are not mortgaging our future or burdening our children and grandchildren. and i think all of the developing countries are all more developed countries have been going through some of the same challenges. and we just went through the worst recession in many years. the good news is that we have seen some progress. in the united states we fixed our banks which were the trigger for some of these major problems. so we have a much stronger banking system now with much tighter supervision. the housing market's begun to recover. we have now grown for close to our years, 3 1/2 years, and we put in seven million new jobs. but we sent out some reforms that we have to do. we've got to improve the skills of our work force. we got to impr
we want to have an economy that is growing. where people if they are willing o work hard able to succeed. and can find jobs that pay a minimum wage. and can retire with some dignity. and can send children to good schools. and have health care that is affordable. and we have to do all those hings so that we are not mortgaging our future or burdening our children and grandchildren. and i think all of the developing countries are all more developed countries have been going through some of the...
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food stamps are good for the economy. they get resources into the hands of families who will spend them right away. and most importantly, they're the right thing to do. let me quote the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. 30 seconds. mr. mcgovern: i yield 30 seconds. ms. delauro: catholic bishops, we must form a circle of protection around programs that serve the poor and the vulnerable in our nation and throughout the world. harry truman, quote, nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children, proper nourish moment comes first in obtaining this welfare. let's pursue a balanced approach. i urge my colleagues, vote against this rule, vote against the underlying bill. this does not reflect the values of this great nation, and it be a vow indicates our -- advocates our moral responsibility in this nation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. i appreciate the gentlewoman coming down and speaking. she w
food stamps are good for the economy. they get resources into the hands of families who will spend them right away. and most importantly, they're the right thing to do. let me quote the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. 30 seconds. mr. mcgovern: i yield 30 seconds. ms. delauro: catholic bishops, we must form a circle of protection around programs that serve the poor and the vulnerable in our nation and throughout the world. harry truman, quote, nothing is more important in our national life...
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right now this economy is not growing, even in though we are being told it is growing. we are in the barrier removal is this. we do not get that message out there enough. the barriers to jobs, entrepreneurship, and ownership -- that gets people excited, that gets them in his yes to about what it is that we stand for. , r-a-c-e-eted races s. when the time comes that you can support and help to get some of the right people there. we have got to stop sending nearly 90% of the folks in d.c. back to d.c. 90%. a, activists. the foot soldiers like you and i are the ones who are going to be able to change things. the way we are going to be able to change things is that we are calling to continue to create and expand what we have already been doing for the past several years of creating a groundswell of activists, a groundswell of citizens and patriots and conservatives. as we create a groundswell of around number 2, which i will describe in a minute, it will be so massive that the politicians in washington, d.c. will want to get out in front of the parade. we have got to create
right now this economy is not growing, even in though we are being told it is growing. we are in the barrier removal is this. we do not get that message out there enough. the barriers to jobs, entrepreneurship, and ownership -- that gets people excited, that gets them in his yes to about what it is that we stand for. , r-a-c-e-eted races s. when the time comes that you can support and help to get some of the right people there. we have got to stop sending nearly 90% of the folks in d.c. back to...
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economy. more than credit cards. more than used cars. yet we are standing here 12 days before the doubling of this rate, we are debating a bill which is right in the middle of the polarized gridline politics that the american voters rejected soundly in the last election rather than dealing with the bread and butter issues that really matter to young americans and middle class families all across this country. the fact of the matter is we know, young people in this country need to get a post high school degree, whether it's a two-year degree or four-year degree. the stafford student loan program is the workhorse of providing affordable loans for millions of students. 7.5 million students use the stafford subsidized student loan program. yet if we don't act in 12 days, that 7.5 million are going to see their interest rates double to 6.8%. we may hear from the other side, we took up a bill on may 23, h.r. 1911, a bill with a variable rate that we now know from the congressional budget office which you are to report this past monday will be
economy. more than credit cards. more than used cars. yet we are standing here 12 days before the doubling of this rate, we are debating a bill which is right in the middle of the polarized gridline politics that the american voters rejected soundly in the last election rather than dealing with the bread and butter issues that really matter to young americans and middle class families all across this country. the fact of the matter is we know, young people in this country need to get a post...
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it's vital to our economy and local communities. but we have hit a little bit of a stumbling block with south korea in the implementation of the free trade agreement. south korea is resisting the usda's country of origin certification for u.s. citrus. my amendment seeks to correct this problem by directing the secretary of agriculture to ensure that the department's certificate of origin are accepted by any country with respect to which the united states has entered into a free trade agreement provide for preferential duty treatment. fortunately the congressional budget office says there's no new cost for this amendment and i'd like to thank my colleagues from florida, congressman webster and congressman hastings, for their support in getting this amendment made ined offer. i'd like to thank chairman lucas and ranking member peterson for their fair consideration. i urge a yes vote on the castor amendment and -- mr. lucas: would the gentlelady yield? ms. castor: i yield. mr. lucas: i think by the expression on my ranking member's fac
it's vital to our economy and local communities. but we have hit a little bit of a stumbling block with south korea in the implementation of the free trade agreement. south korea is resisting the usda's country of origin certification for u.s. citrus. my amendment seeks to correct this problem by directing the secretary of agriculture to ensure that the department's certificate of origin are accepted by any country with respect to which the united states has entered into a free trade agreement...